The CEO of Ryanair has said that some "didn't prepare" for the end of the Covid pandemic and that he thinks the current situation with chaos at airports could continue. Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair, spoke to WalesOnline at Funchal Airport in Madeira to mark Ryanair's new base there.
Passengers at some of the UK's major airports have experienced disappointment this week, with dozens of flights being cancelled as airlines continue to struggle with staff shortages. Passengers travelling through some major UK airports have been warned to arrive as much as four hours before their flight is due to take off. Manchester Airport in particular has been hit by staffing issues, with a string of measures being brought in to ease the disruption, which has led to flight cancellations and chaos in terminals.
"We've seen it in lots of parts of the economy where people struggled with getting people back from furlough and sometimes people didn't prepare for when the pandemic was over," Mr Wilson said. "We've been planning for that all along and it's difficult to restart airlines but we were planning for that right from March 2020 when airlines stopped flying. We kept our aircraft flying, we kept our aircraft current and maintained, and our people current as well."
